galleries will come online late tomorrow. i'm still up to my eyeballs in receipts.

pinup for geeks: the cray-1 at los alamos:

got some more pix in. look for another couple of galleries today or tomorrow.

okay, losing it. did you ever notice that 'britney spears' in pig latin is 'itneybray earsspray'?

and now on to taxes, and a little crying, instead ...

a fortune teller once told me it was my lot in life to be surrounded by 'women on the edge' ... it has been true so often, i tend to immediately go into 'healing mode.' i did it last night, and now i'm laughing at how far off i was. the cape and tights go back in the closet ... (*guffaw*) ... ma gavta la nata ...

after the taliban, it's interesting to reflect on the pilgrims and puritans in america. i love the quote: "for all the accusations of superstition and narrow-mindedness, the puritans could at least be said to have provided their own antidote in their system of schools." teach a person to read, and you give them powerful tools.

dave at time's shadow has some interesting thoughts today (as if that's any surprise!). i just had an argument with an acquaintance who was convinced that the space program has *never* done any good for mankind, and should be totally scrapped. their point of view practically sucked the air out of my lungs ...